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Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont: A Virago Modern Classic
Elizabeth Taylor
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Description for Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont: A Virago Modern Classic
Paperback. *A humorous and compassionate look at the blossoming friendship between an old woman and a young man. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece' - Robert McCrum, Guardian, 'The Best 100 Novels'
'An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' - SARAH WATERS
'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLER
On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper.
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Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844083213
SKU
V9781844083213
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-97
About Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, ... Read more
Reviews for Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont: A Virago Modern Classic
Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life facing the changes taking shape in the 60s . . . Much of the reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in Taylor's depiction of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the apparently effortless ... Read more